Kind and direct can exist at the same time (in terms of communication). As long as you work with other human beings, even if you are an individual contributor, your workplace relationships matter. And no, I am not telling you to put up with abu$ive behavior. What I am telling you is that you need to treat your colleagues with baseline levels of decency. - even those coworkers that you would never hang out with outside of work. #w#workj#jobsw#worklifec#career